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Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by drewzero1 »

matsemann wrote: post #23

Wow, Ctrl+P has now started to open the proper print-interface with a preview! I've helped loads of people over the years complaining about printing in Fx vs Chrome. It used to be so in Fx that selecting Print from the menu opened an interface for printing (ala Chrome), but pressing Ctrl+P just opened standard OS print dialog. So power users never saw the nice print preview.

I noticed that! I've been using the print preview from the File menu (a bit cumbersome with menus hidden and without a dedicated shortcut) and noticed that I didn't have the option this week.

I seem to remember the controls for page fit being a little better with the old print preview, but my real complaint is with websites that don't scale well to print rather than Firefox's method of printing them.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by sleepless »

partingshots wrote: post #118

Firefox has hundreds of developers. I don’t understand why performance isn’t on par with Chrome. I try my best to use Firefox to bring support, but sometimes I just have to switch back when things get too laggy. I’m sorry, but I only have 8 hours a day, and I’m not going to let my productivity flow get ruined.

Do you have numbers for this claim? Looking at https://www.anandtech.com/show/16078/the-2020-browser-battle... your statement does not match the test results. In which cases are things getting laggy for you?

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by mippenhappen »

jdlyga wrote: post #114

I always used Firefox because it was far ahead of other browsers in terms of UI, such as good tabbed browsing. But now it's gotten rather clunky compared to Chrome. It's been playing catch up for years. For example, Firefox really needs to implement Tab Groups like Chrome. It's such a great feature, and it's a shame that Firefox doesn't have a version of it.

>Tab Groups like Chrome

I knew it had added that feature but I didn't actually try it until just now. And oh my god you can FOLD the group... tab management just got a lot better for me!

Re: Firefox 86.0

#124

Post by jdfellow »

_Microft wrote: post #103
agumonkey wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you guys made me read the menu shortcuts .. didn't know reader mode and all-tabs had them (in order CTRL-ALT-R and CTRL-SHIFT-TAB)

May I blow your mind? ;) Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-8 accesses the first eight tabs directly, Ctrl-9 jumps to the last tab. Enjoy!

I didn't know about the Ctrl-9. Thanks.

Re: Firefox 86.0

#125

Post by buzzy_hacker »

jdlyga wrote: post #114

I always used Firefox because it was far ahead of other browsers in terms of UI, such as good tabbed browsing. But now it's gotten rather clunky compared to Chrome. It's been playing catch up for years. For example, Firefox really needs to implement Tab Groups like Chrome. It's such a great feature, and it's a shame that Firefox doesn't have a version of it.

I like tree style tabs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...

Re: Firefox 86.0

#126

Post by progman32 »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #108
dudeinjapan wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Should drop CSS support while they're at it.

You can turn off CSS in many browsers. It is under the Accessiblity dialog in IE, at least in 6.x. Firefox also supports disabling CSS in older versions, and so does Opera before the crippling WebKit migration. I can't imagine it being that difficult to implement as a feature. If the setting is on, you would skip interpreting any tags and style= attributes. Past versions of many browsers support selecting between mul…

Was View -> Page Style -> No Style removed for 86?

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

progman32 wrote: post #126
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can turn off CSS in many browsers. It is under the Accessiblity dialog in IE, at least in 6.x. Firefox also supports disabling CSS in older versions, and so does Opera before the crippling WebKit migration. I can't imagine it being that difficult to implement as a feature. If the setting is on, you would skip interpreting any tags and style= attributes. Past versions of many browsers support selecting between mul…

Was View -> Page Style -> No Style removed for 86?

The menu is no longer there, AFAIK. I have not spent much time looking for the feature, to be honest, and I no longer keep Firefox installed except when testing, so I won't look for its existence now.

(I usually apt install before testing and apt remove after, because otherwise it often becomes the system default.)

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by agumonkey »

_Microft wrote: post #103
agumonkey wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you guys made me read the menu shortcuts .. didn't know reader mode and all-tabs had them (in order CTRL-ALT-R and CTRL-SHIFT-TAB)

May I blow your mind? ;) Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-8 accesses the first eight tabs directly, Ctrl-9 jumps to the last tab. Enjoy!

I think you meant Alt-N and yeah I did know (don't even know how but I use it every day since forever..)

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by cpeterso »

helij wrote: post #99

My browser history is NCSA Mosaic->Netscape->Firefox. Even when Firefox had its downs I stuck with it. Not sure why. It just felt right. It was always perfect for me. The only thing I miss are subtitles in Picture-in-Picture mode.

Here's the Firefox bug for Picture-in-Picture subtitles. Unfortunately there has not much progress.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1551058

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by cpeterso »

Jamieee wrote: post #48
eznzt wrote: post #39

This new release also includes new ads, seems they forgot to put that in the release notes: https://twitter.com/CohanRobinson/status/1364172683118866433

From the tweet's Author it's disabled via: about:config browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites there is also: services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites

Those preferences are also available in the Firefox UI so they are accessible to non-power users:

1. Click the "Customize your New Tab page" gear icon on the New Tab page.

2. Uncheck the "Sponsored Top Sites" and "Sponsored Stories" checkboxes.

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